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Zion Williamson has become the latest Duke player to play a season for the Blue Devils as a way station to the NBA Draft and Coach K is OK with it all. To the surprise of absolutely no one in the basketball world, Duke University freshman Zion Williamson declared Monday for the NBA Draft. Williamson

It was a matter of time, and a mere formality, but Zion Williamson has officially declared for the 2019 NBA Draft. The NBA Draft Lottery is just less than a month away (May 14) and the draft will take place in June. A bunch of college players have declared early, but the one everyone has

Texas Tech star Jarrett Culver took his team to the National Championship game this season, but will he look to head to the NBA Draft after finishing up his sophomore year as a Red Raider? The decision on whether or not to enter into the NBA Draft is almost never an easy one—affiliations with schools,

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31: RJ Barrett #5 of the Duke Blue Devils reacts in the second half against the Michigan State Spartans during the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament East Regional Final at Capital One Arena on March 31, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images) How will Tottenham cope without Harry

The fast-paced basketball takeover that is the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament is behind us. After four consecutive days of 12-hour basketball, we get a few days of a break before the Sweet 16 kicks off on Thursday. Through the first four days, we saw players either help or hurt their draft stock for

Here are all of the NBA Draft prospects to watch in the South region of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Tournament’s South Region is probably the lightest in terms of big name prospects for the 2019 NBA Draft. The region is not without quality teams, but there are few players who will be in consideration

LUBBOCK, TX – FEBRUARY 23: Head coach Bill Self talks with Quentin Grimes #5 of the Kansas Jayhawks during the second half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on February 23, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Kansas 91-62. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) Joel Embiid and

The NCAA Tournament is a great chance to get introduced to some of the NBA Draft prospects you haven’t heard about. These are the first round games to watch College basketball is storming to the top of all things sports now that March Madness is upon us. While talking head after talking head tries to

After Zion Williamson’s injury sidelined him for a couple of games, the world rightfully panicked and worried about the compensation of one of the college basketball’s biggest stars. How could the current social media-driven society handle the fall of potentially one of the greatest basketball prospects to ever grace college courts? It would be bonkers.

Here are all of the 2019 NBA Draft prospects to watch in the West region of the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Tournament’s West Region gives you a lot of bang for your 2019 NBA Draft buck. It features the two teams with the most prospects outside of Duke in Gonzaga and Michigan; it has a

The East region figures to be one of the more fun corners of the NCAA Tournament bracket, with several powerhouse NBA Draft prospects. Viewers in South Carolina, California, Jacksonville and Des Moines will be in for a treat this weekend watching the East region of the NCAA Tournament, featuring Duke as well as the country’s

As the college basketball season enters its home stretch, analysts and fans alike will begin looking ahead to the draft and evaluating players within that framework (in addition to enjoying the chaos of March). This past weekend, fans, media, scouts and front office members converged in Chicago for the Big Ten Tournament, which lacked the

We’re all going to be talking about Zion Williamson a lot more. Here’s how to keep all your friends who don’t watch sports in the loop. Zion Williamson will officially return to action for Duke Thursday night after missing five games because his shoe exploded and he tweaked his knee. You already know that Williamson

With Duke’s group of superstar freshman dominating the college basketball headlines, our 2019 NBA Mock Draft always circles back to their play. As always, projected standings are based upon FiveThirtyEight’s CARM-Elo rankings. This version of the mock uses projections as of Jan. 20, with four teams battling to be the very worst at basketball. Duke

After a week featuring a Duke loss at home and a couple Western Conference squads falling further from the NBA playoff race, we dive into another 2019 NBA mock draft. As always, projected standings are based upon FiveThirtyEight’s CARM-Elo rankings. This version of the mock uses projections as of Jan. 14, with the four worst

AUBURN, ALABAMA – DECEMBER 22: Ja Morant #12 of the Murray State Racers attacks the basket against Austin Wiley #50 of the Auburn Tigers at Auburn Arena on December 22, 2018 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) The cast of Future Man previews season 2 on Hulu by Veronica Elizabeth Bruno Projected

We take stock of the draft picture with our first 2019 NBA Mock Draft, as college basketball enters conference play and the NBA standings take shape. The order for this mock draft is based upon 538’s CARM-Elo projections as of Dec. 29. There is a clear top-five right now in the race for the No.

An update of our 2019 NBA Draft prospect rankings breaks down all of the movement from the month of December, including the rise of Jarrett Culver and the question of Nassir Little. The 2019 NBA Draft was billed as terrible heading into the season, and two months into the season, it’s been difficult to shake

LeBron James’ son will most likely have to play college basketball if he intends to go to the NBA, and there is a good chance he might join the Duke Blue Devils. LeBron James never had to worry about what college he would go to because the one-and-done rule wasn’t implemented yet, but his son, LeBron